So excited to be journaling on the site in an attempt to have some accountability to someone other than myself! A bit of an intro:

I've been vegan since shortly after my son was born, almost 5 years when as a breastfeeding mom I truly comprehended the realities of dairy for the first time. Been vegetarian for about 8 years.

Excercise is currently sporadic. Lifting, running, Bodyrock, other stuff. No trouble maintaining my weight, have been steadily gaining endurance and strength but really need to step it up in order to lower my body fat percentage and show off my work!

Some major goals for the new year are to eat more whole foods, specifically more vegetables, and to excercise more consistently. Mostly want to bring my BFP down!

Not the greatest scores, but it's late at night and my son was doing the exercises with me and interjecting his own counts! Measured 50/10 second intervals using this online tabata clock workout timer - http://www.beach-fitness.com/tabata/

Still not great, lots of processed stuff at the end of the day, but managed a few more vegetables for some variety.

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Jan. 4 - Day 4Had to travel for work today. Did not yet fit in a workout. Want to do the BodyRock day 2 stuff but thinking sleep is a better plan at this point. Diet was OK, not great, again due to travel/forced business lunch. Had a hard time finding anything I could eat at the restaurant.

Also, tweaked a nerve along my jaw yesterday while doing overhead presses. Feeling is still off today. Don't understand for sure why it happened but was able to find reports online of others who'd had something similar happen. Perhaps clenched jaw? If anyone reads this, advice welcome.

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Day 5 - Jan. 5WorkoutHad to give the gym a miss due to dental appointment. Wanted to make sure that I got at least some workout in, but only had a few mins, so did 4 minute burpee intervals. Not as much as I would have liked to do, but better than nothing. Need to step it up now for the weekend, push and get caught up on a few of the BodyRock workouts.

FoodFor the most part I seem to be falling back into familiar eating patterns, with a few more fruits and vegetables added here and there. I am fine with that small improvement for now, just need to keep improving. It's also been a long time since I tracked my diet, so it's interesting to see the nutritional profile. It's different than I would have guessed.

WorkoutScheduled as my active rest day today. My family and I went on a hike. Ended up running part of the trail (including some hills) with 60 pound kid on my back! Was a lot of fun and unusual to be able to do in January.

Hoping to get back to my lifting this week, as well as incorporate a few of the BodyRock 30-day challenge routines.

WorkoutUnusually busy day at the gym today! Didn't do any warm up cardio because so many of the machines were in use. Lifted arms. Many of the same exercises as last week, except did 3 sets instead of 2 since I had extra time w/out cardio. Went up to the 45 pounds in upright row. Also did dips off a bench.

DietKnow I fit in some extra vegetables, but still not as good as it could be! Didn't keep track again and can't remember everything I ate. Need to keep track again starting tomorrow.

Day 10 - Jan 10Workout Cardio plus abs. 9 minute mile and was even able to crank out a few reps at 100lbs on the nautilus abs machine.

FoodSlipped back into my old style of eating already. Had no interest whatsoever in making/eating supper so had more Spirutein and toast. Need to shape it up! Will be refocusing today on more whole foods, as many fruits and veg as possible.

Hey Iris! Great job on the consistent journaling! And shoveling snow definitely counts as exercise!

Hope you find the motivation to prepare good food to fuel your body. I understand, as I've been lacking motivation lately, too (and want to eat everything I see!). But, I think you have a good idea in using the weekends to prepare and plan your food for the week. Just make several dishes at once and then stick 'em in the fridge/freezer for the week. Voila!

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